MAR 9, 2021 —— BGIS

On Monday, March 8, 30 new positive cases of COVID-19 were identified from among the 591 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.

Meanwhile, 68 people have recovered from the viral illness and were released from isolation. The number of active cases is now 381.

The new cases comprise 15 women and 15 men. Sixteen of them had already been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment.

Barbados has recorded 3,333 confirmed cases – 1,576 females and 1,757 males – and 2,915 persons have recovered. There have been 37 deaths from COVID-19.

Since February 2020, the public health laboratory has completed 130,960 tests.

There were 50 persons vaccinated on Monday, as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19. To date, a total of 49,393 vaccinations have been administered – 20,761 men and 28,632 women.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxCOVID-19 Update: 18 New Cases, 32 Recovered

MAR 8, 2021 —- BGIS

Eighteen new positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Sunday, March 7, from the 305 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.

There were 32 recoveries, bringing the number of active cases to 419.

The 18 new cases comprised seven men and 11 women. Fifteen of them had already been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment to determine whether they were newly positive, or had COVID-19 in the past and were no longer infectious.

Barbados has recorded 3,303 confirmed cases – 1,561 females and 1,742 males – and 2,847 persons have recovered.  There have been 37 deaths from COVID-19.

The public health laboratory has so far completed 130,369 tests.

There were 411 persons vaccinated on Sunday, as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19. To date, a total of 49,317 vaccinations have been administered – 20,729 men and 28,588 women.